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Opera Review

FGO’s powerful ‘Rigoletto’ has it all

Production boasts brilliant performances, stirring orchestra, assured direction and opulent sets.

'Rigoletto': Mark Walter as Rigoletto and Nadine Sierra as Gilda in the Florida Grand Opera production.

GASTON DE CARDENAS

If you go

What: Florida Grand Opera’s “Rigoletto”

When and where: Tuesday, Friday, Feb. 5, 8 and 11 at Miami’s Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; Feb. 16 and 18 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Cost: $11-$129

Contact: 800-741-1010, www.fgo.org

BY DAVID FLESHLER

With famous arias and a fast-moving plot of medieval seduction, kidnapping and revenge, Verdi’s Rigoletto has long ranked among the world’s most popular operas. Florida Grand Opera’s production, which opened Saturday at the Arsht Center in Miami, offered everything one could want in a production of this work — brilliant performances in starring roles, stirring orchestral playing, assured stage direction and opulent sets — all coming together for a powerful evening of opera. Read the review here: http://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2012/01/florida-grand-delivers-a-powerful-and-memorable-rigoletto/

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